G.W., glad to hear it works OK on a PC. My end user will be using one. Thanks, -- Paul
On Wed, Oct 18, 2017 at 7:52 AM, G.W.Gaich via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > I made a test: > > set the clipboarddata to 1 & tab & 2 & tab & 3 > > pasted into a google spreadsheet cell and three cells were filled as > expected. > > Livecode 8.1.6 > windows 7 > firefox 56 > > perhaps it's a mac or browser thing > > > Am 18.10.2017 um 10:27 schrieb Paul Foraker via use-livecode: > >> On a Mac with LC 8.6.1 (Community) >> >> Tabs coming from LiveCode are converted to spaces when pasted to a Google >> spreadsheet, but are not converted when pasting from BBEdit. >> >> I'm collecting data into a tab-delimited row (line) and putting it on the >> Clipboard, then pasting the row into a Google spreadsheet. For example: >> >> *put theData["Date"] &tab& theData["First name"] \* >> *&tab& theData["Surname"] into theRow* >> >> *set the ClipboardData["text"] to theRow* >> >> >> When I go to a Google Spreadsheet, click in an empty cell and paste, the >> tabs are ignored (converted to spaces) and the entire row gets pasted into >> the single cell as space-delimited. >> >> I have discovered a workaround. If I first paste from LiveCode to BBEdit >> (the tabs are recognized) and then copy and paste from BBEdit to the >> spreadsheet, the tabs are OK and the data populates into separate cells. >> >> I've tried this with Safari, Firefox, and Chrome, so the problem isn't >> browser-specific. >> >> >> I don't want to ask my end-user to paste into another application before >> pasting into the spreadsheet. >> >> Anyone know of a fix for this? >> >> -- Paul >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > subscription preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > -- White Feather Software www.whitefeather.com Cell: 408-391-1480 _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
